Re: c language functions

From: Rodrigo Barboza <rodrigombufrj(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: c language functions
Date: 2013-04-03 21:37:59
Message-ID: CANs8QJacnVVhNvTKsBrACA3=3JoLz7wO7S6+3oY7zmzyFL6pjQ@mail.gmail.com
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I see, that's true.
I'm returning unknown type, there is a little more overhead. But it's
working now. =]
Thanks for the help guys!

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Rodrigo Barboza <rodrigombufrj(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > Well, I was checking inside my function the type of the second argument
> and
> > switching between the allowed types.
> > This way kind of does the same thing of many functions, doesn't it?
>
> Sure, except that it will also call your function when someone does
> my_int + text or my_int + bytea or my_int + box, which are surely a
> lot less sensible. It's probably a good idea to assume that if you
> make your type work like the existing types, it's more likely to end
> well than if you make it behave completely differently.
>
> ...Robert
>

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